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common·weal (käm′en wēl′)

noun

  1. the public good
  2. Archaic a commonwealth

Etymology: ME commun wele: see common & weal

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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